Name: South Africa Employed Persons
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The number of employed persons in South Africa rose by 44,000 over a quarter to 17.099 million in Q4 2025, the highest figure since at least 2001. Employed Persons in South Africa averaged 15132.03 from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 17099.00 in the fourth quarter of 2025 and a record low of 11666.00 in the first quarter of 2003. source: Statistics South Africa

Employed Persons in South Africa is expected to be 16900.00 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the South Africa Employed Persons is projected to trend around 18100.00 in 2027, according to our econometric models.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Employed Persons	17099.00	17055.00		Dec 2025
Employment Rate	40.60	40.70	percent	Dec 2025
Labor Force Participation Rate	59.30	59.70	percent	Dec 2025
Population	63.10	63.02	Million	Dec 2025
Unemployed Persons	7836.00	8007.00	Thousand	Dec 2025
Unemployment Rate	31.40	31.90	percent	Dec 2025
Wages	29490.00	29402.00	ZAR/Month	Sep 2025
Wages in Manufacturing	24998.00	24464.00	ZAR/Month	Sep 2025
Youth Unemployment Rate	57.00	58.50	percent	Dec 2025

South Africa Employed Persons

In South Africa, employed persons refer to the number of people employed by the business, who received payment (in salaries; wages; commission, in addition to a retainer, salary or wage; piece rates; or payments in kind) for any part of the reference period. This excludes independent contractors and consultants; working proprietors; sole and joint owners; and employees paid on a commission basis where a retainer, salary or wage was not paid. Number of employees refers to the number of people employed at the end of the reference period.